12 Celebrity Couples Who Got Their Start in Scandal, then Got Serious

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They opportunity emotion often finds you erstwhile you're slightest expecting it, and that's true, successful a way, for these couples.

Stars specified arsenic LeAnn Rimes and Eddie Cibrian, Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward, arsenic good arsenic Kelsey Grammer and Kayte Walsh each recovered their everlastingly personification while 1 aliases some parties were married. And while they didn't person nan astir accepted beginnings, immoderate pairings person resulted successful immoderate of nan longer-lasting marriages successful Hollywood. More recently, T.J. Holmes and Amy Robach announced their engagement, 3 years aft their matter became public.

Below, spot nan personage couples whose relationships started arsenic arguable extramarital affairs.

T.J. Holmes and Amy Robach

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Newly-engaged mates Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes are getting fresh to beryllium co-anchors for life.

The pair, who worked together astatine nan anchor table of GMA3: What You Need to Know, began making love successful private, but successful November 2022, photos surfaced of them holding hands successful a car during a picnic successful upstate New York and cozying up astatine a bar.

Both parties were joined astatine nan clip (though they would later opportunity they had waited to abstracted from their spouses earlier dating) which made nan news scandalous. The nan 2 "moved on" from their jobs astatine ABC News and moved successful together.

On Oct. 14, they announced their engagement connected an section of their Amy & T.J. podcast.

“We are sharing pinch each of you that we are engaged and we’ve been engaged for conscionable astir a period now,” Robach told listeners.

Holmes added: “We wanted to fto you each cognize earlier anybody other was capable to. We’ve learned that lesson, I guess, successful nan past astir our relationship."

Kelsey Grammer and Kayte Walsh

Kelsey Grammer and Kayte Walsh.

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Kelsey Grammer and Kayte Walsh person been joined for 14 years now, but they had a spot of a unsmooth start.

The 2 first crossed paths successful 2009, erstwhile she was moving arsenic a formation attendant connected his formation to London and went for java a fewer days later. Grammer, however, was still joined to his woman of 13 years, Camille.

"I'm not proud of nan measurement we started retired because he was successful a marriage. I'm sorry. I person truthful galore emotions," Walsh said during a sit-down question and reply pinch Oprah successful 2012. "But you know, I fell successful love. I don't cognize really to connection it, I don't cognize really to put it into words."

Camille revenge for divorcement successful 2010 and he joined Walsh successful February 2011. The brace welcomed 3 children together, with different connected nan way. Grammer has 4 older children from erstwhile relationships.

LeAnn Rimes and Eddie Cibrian

LeAnn Rimes and Eddie Cibrian.

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LeAnn Rimes and Eddie Cibrian fell for each different while moving connected Northern Lights backmost successful 2008. Though they initially denied rumors of an matter — he was joined to Brandi Glanville and she was joined to Dean Sheremet — they yet stepped retired arsenic a mates pursuing their respective divorces successful 2009.

"I did 1 of nan astir selfish things that I perchance could do, successful hurting personification else," Rimes told PEOPLE. "I return work for everything I've done. I dislike that group sewage hurt, but I don't regret nan outcome."

The 2 were engaged successful 2010 and wed connected April 22, 2011. Though they haven't welcomed immoderate kids together, Cibrian shares 2 kids pinch his ex.

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt.

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Brad Pitt was already successful a highly-publicized matrimony pinch Jennifer Aniston, truthful erstwhile rumors surfaced that he and chap A-lister Angelina Jolie had sparked a romance while connected nan group of Mr. & Mrs. Smith back successful 2003, what ensued was thing short of a circus.

The brace weathered nan media frenzy, however. Pitt separated from Aniston successful 2005 and would beryllium together pinch Jolie for astir 9 years, raising six children together, before they wed successful 2014.

Two years later aft that, Jolie revenge for divorcement from nan Troy actor, and they would embark connected a contentious ineligible battle that went connected for 8 years. The divorcement was finalized successful December 2024.

Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott

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During play 2 of her reality TV series, True Tori. Tori Spelling admitted to sleeping with Dean McDermott nan first nighttime nan brace met while moving connected nan 2005 Lifetime film, Mind Over Murder.

At nan time, some actors were married: McDermott to Mary Jo Eustace, and Spelling to Charlie Shanian. By May nan pursuing year, they had officially divided their spouses and sewage joined successful a backstage ceremonial successful Fiji, embarking connected an often-tumultuous travel that would past 17 years.

The mates welcomed 5 kids together (McDermott is besides begetter to boy Jack, whom he welcomed pinch Eustace) earlier Spelling revenge for divorcement successful 2024.

Elizabeth Taylor and Eddie Fisher

Elizabeth Taylor and Eddie Fisher.

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Elizabeth Taylor and Eddie Fisher wove rather a tangled web pinch their affair. Taylor had conscionable mislaid her 3rd husband, Mike Todd, successful a level clang successful 1958, and recovered comfortableness pinch Eddie Fisher, who was besides a friend of her precocious husband.

The brace would commencement an affair, which resulted successful Fisher's divorcement from Debbie Reynolds, who was besides a adjacent friend of Taylor's. Fisher and Taylor sewage joined successful 1959, specified hours aft Fisher's divorcement was finalized.

The 2 were joined for 5 years earlier nan character started different matter pinch her Cleopatra costar, Richard Burton, while he was joined to Sybil Williams. They would get joined — twice! — earlier going their abstracted ways successful 1976.

Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller

Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller.

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Arthur Miller and his 2nd wife, Marilyn Monroe, first met successful nan early 1950s. By 1955, nan brace were progressive successful a full-fledged matter arsenic he was joined to Mary Slattery and she was joined to shot subordinate Joe DiMaggio.

According to nan BBC, nan mates wed connected June 29, 1956, successful a four-minute civilian ceremonial that took spot successful New York, pursuing their respective divorces. The national would move retired to beryllium tempestuous and nan 2 were divided successful 1961 aft 5 years together.

Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart

Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart.

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Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart met connected nan group of To Have and To Have Not backmost successful 1944. Not only was Bogart 45 and Bacall 19 erstwhile their chemistry began to raise eyebrows, but nan character was joined to Mayo Methot erstwhile their matter began.

The matter would yet lead to nan dissolution of Bogart's marriage, and he and Bacall wed connected May 21, 1945, 11 days aft his divorce. The mates remained together until his decease 12 years later.

King Charles and Queen Camilla

King Charles and Queen Camilla.

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Though Charles and Camilla met each different first, nan brace joined different people, which would lead to 1 of nan astir scandalous affairs of nan '90s.

Charles famously joined Princess Diana successful a lavish ceremonial successful 1981. Eight years earlier then, Camilla had joined Andrew Parker Bowles. The pair's matter began moreover earlier Charles wed Princess Diana successful 1981, and started again successful earnest successful 1986, which result led to some their divorces.

Prince Charles and Camilla sewage joined connected April 9, 2005, and person been together since.

Melanie Griffith and Antonio Banderas

Melanie Griffith and Antonio Banderas.

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Melanie Griffith and Antonio Banderas tried to conflict their feelings for each different aft sparks flew connected nan group of 1995's Two Much, to nary avail. She was joined to Don Johnson and he to Ana Leza.

But still, they fell for each other.

“It was very, very accelerated and very compulsive, but astatine nan aforesaid time, we were tied astatine nan time,” Banderas told ABC News.

“We tried arsenic overmuch arsenic we could to beryllium respectful. We conscionable thought this whitethorn beryllium 1 of those, you know, infatuation moments that we person erstwhile we sprout movies because we sewage to play together a couple, truthful let's conscionable spell home.”

By 1996, nan 2 had near their spouses and tied nan knot successful a quiet London ceremony, which took spot a period aft their divorces. They were joined for 18 years earlier Griffith revenge for divorce successful 2014.

Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward

Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward.

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One of Hollywood's astir revered couples, Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward were joined for a singular 50 years, until he died successful 2008.

The semipermanent national didn't person nan smoothest start, however. The mates first met successful 1953, but their romance didn't blossom until they worked together connected The Long, Hot Summer successful 1958. Newman would divorcement his wife, Jackie Witte, pinch whom he shared 3 kids, and wed Woodward successful 1958.

Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash

Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash.

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Another beloved Hollywood couple, Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash, first met successful 1956 erstwhile they were some joined to different people. Johnny was pinch Vivian Liberto and June was joined to Rip Nix.

Suspecting their affair, Liberto revenge for divorcement successful 1966. They wed successful 1968 and would beryllium together until she died successful May 2003. He died 4 months later.